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Educate yourself on doping drugs and their effects.
Involve your team in anti-doping and anti-drug activities.
Create an anti-drug message. The Message Maker allows you
to create stickers, magnets, and more that express those things
that stand between you and drugs including baseball, basketball,
tennis, track, skating, and soccer. The Message Maker
can be useful for coaches, parents, or athletes looking to
obtain drug prevention materials for their team.
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Each day, more than 8,000 kids try an illegal drug for the first time. One in four 12th graders is a current drug user; among 8th graders, the rate is approximately one in ten. Also, an increasing number of youth are illegally using steroids to enhance athletic performance. Performance-enhancing drugs pose a significant risk to the health of athletes, especially young ones.
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Intervene if one of your team members has a problem. When you find indications that a child is at risk, intervene. Work with parents to obtain counseling for young people who require it. To find help for a child who has a drug problem, call 800–662–HELP, or visit http://dasis3.samhsa.gov/.
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Educate your team about the dangers of drug abuse. The following publication is designed to help coaches prevent drug abuse among youth: The Coach's Playbook Against Drugs
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Start a "Student Athlete Leadership Team" (SALT). This program trains high school student-athletes to deliver alcohol and drug abuse prevention programs to grade school children in their districts.
Start an Athletes Training and Learning to Avoid Steroids (ATLAS) program. ATLAS is designed to teach male athletes how to improve their performance and strength through proper nutrition and training rather than with drugs.
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